Alan Astbury
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| Born | November 27, 1934 |
| Died | July 21, 2014 (aged 79) |
| Fields | physics |
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| Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
| Known for | TRIUMF, W particle |
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Alan Astbury FRS (1934–2014)[1] was a Canadian physicist, professor emeritus at University of Victoria,[2][3] and was director of the Tri-Universities Meson Facility (TRIUMF) laboratory.[4][5][6]
Research and career
He led a group at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory who confirmed the existence of the W particle.[7] He was president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.[8][9][10]
Honours and awards
- 2002 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics[11]
- 1986 Rutherford Medal and Prize
- 1989 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- 1993 Fellow of the Royal Society of London
References
- ↑ "Alan ASTBURY". The Times Colonist.
- ↑ http://www.sfu.ca/ceremonies/honorary_degrees/2006_Honorary_Degrees.html
- ↑ "The Ring". uvic.ca.
- ↑ "TRIUMF Images to Download". triumf.info.
- ↑ Richard Keeler (5 February 2008). "A Productive Collaboration: TRIUMF & The University of Victoria" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ↑ Dr. Alan Astbury's honorary degree acceptance speech in 2006 at Simon Fraser University on YouTube. April 8, 2009
- ↑ "New Scientist". google.com.
- ↑ "IUPAP: Prague 2006 Meeting Minutes". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ↑ Fundamental Interactions: Proceedings of the 23rd Lake Louise Winter Institute, Editors Alan Astbury, Alexander Penin, Faqir Khanna, World Scientific, 2009, ISBN 978-981-4280-93-8
- ↑ Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on High Energy Physics: ICHEP '98, Editors Alan Astbury, David Axen, Jake Robinson, World Scientific, 1999, ISBN 9789810237721
- ↑ "Press Releases". cap.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
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